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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surnames  Hearsey    
First Name(s)  Hyder Young    
Year of Birth  1782/3    
Year of Death  1840    
Entry  Major : son of Captain Harry Thomas Hearsey by a Jat lady: born Dec. 1782 or 1783 : was sent to England for his education : entered Sindia's service under Perron, and afterwards served under George Thomas (q.v.), the adventurer, being with him when he surrendered Georgeghar to Bourguien, Sindia's general. In 1804 he joined Lord Lake and fought at Deeg. He explored the sources of the Jamna and Ganges and visited Chinese Tartary to the Mansarowar Lake. In 1815 he fought against the Gurkhas, was taken prisoner by the Nipalese, and released at the treaty of Segowlie. He helped to quell an insurrection at Bareli in 1816, and was at the siege of Bhartpur : died at his house at Kareli, near Budaon, Aug. 5, 1840.     
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